Recaps

After Asaka Akie lost her family and home, Fang Cheng took her in and arranged for her to live with him. He left her with a bank card for expenses and household duties, while privately lamenting the strain on his finances and missing Kanzaki Rin.

• Asaka Akie told Fang Cheng she had nowhere to go, and he invited her to live with him after they collected her family's urns.
• Fang Cheng took Asaka Akie to buy necessities and clothes, then helped her settle into his spare room.
• Fang Cheng gave Asaka Akie a bank card for daily expenses and explained that she would handle the housework and repay him when she had an income.
• Ye Yuqing briefly took control of the body, mistook the bank card as hers to spend, and sat back down after Fang Cheng denied her.
• Asaka Akie accepted the card, went to make food, and Fang Cheng privately worried about supporting another person and missed Kanzaki Rin's money.

Fang Cheng tested his new Shadow Dweller ability, teased Asaka Akie and Ye Yuqing, and spoke with Takeda Masumi about Sato Hayato’s newly awakened power. Takeda had discovered Fang Cheng was not with the Countermeasure Department, but remained willing to help him, leaving him optimistic about what he planned to do next.

• Fang Cheng tested Shadow Dweller by hiding in Asaka Akie’s shadow, then returned to his room to exercise.
• Ye Yuqing took control of Asaka Akie’s body, blocked their bedroom door with a cabinet, and argued with Akie about Fang Cheng and their feelings.
• Fang Cheng overheard Ye Yuqing boasting about Asaka Akie’s chest and teased her, then frightened her by banging on the door while he was actually on the phone.
• Takeda Masumi told Fang Cheng that Sato Hayato had awakened a powerful ability and showed potential to become an Ace, though she struggled to control him.
• Fang Cheng admitted he was not with the Countermeasure Department, and Takeda remained willing to let him use the Training Ground while demanding he repay his food and drink debt.

Half a month after the Day of Divine Descent, Fang Cheng had Sato Hayato, Sato Mai, and Asaka Akie train at the Training Ground under Takeda Masumi while she helped settle the aftermath of his actions. Takeda gave Fang Cheng the bonus from the arrest case, then wondered why the Countermeasure Department had not paid attention to him sooner.

• Fang Cheng had the Sato siblings and Asaka Akie take six months of leave and train at the Training Ground after their parents died.
• Takeda Masumi knocked Sato Hayato down, then beat Asaka Akie and Sato Mai in the ring.
• Fang Cheng teased Takeda Masumi about her chest and her interest in his body, and she pounced on him to wrestle.
• Takeda Masumi explained that Fang Cheng's killing of Archbishop Mizuma Atsushi at the ritual site had provided clear evidence of his cult membership.
• Takeda Masumi shared most of the credit with her Countermeasure Department connections and gave Fang Cheng the bonus of a little over three hundred thousand.
• Takeda Masumi asked Fang Cheng why the Countermeasure Department had ignored his activities until now.

Fang Cheng formed a small group with Asaka Akie and Sato Siblings, intending to help them survive and strengthen their ties, while Takeda Masumi declined to join. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng deciding to put down roots in this world and build from the group as his starting point.

• Takeda Masumi warned Fang Cheng that someone influential might be concealing his identity, declined to join his group, and assessed Sato Hayato as a psychic with the potential to become an Ace.
• Fang Cheng brought Asaka Akie and Sato Siblings home for dinner and explained that their group would help its members protect and support one another.
• The four agreed to form a group without choosing a name, and Sato Hayato toasted Fang Cheng as their leader.
• After the others got drunk, Fang Cheng put them to bed, cleaned up, and reflected on how he had stopped keeping his distance from the world.
• Fang Cheng decided to grow roots in this world by building up his small group and seeking more partners.

Kanzaki Rin returned from special training and visited Fang Cheng, only to find Asaka Akie living with him. Fang Cheng greeted Rin as “Mom,” leaving Akie convinced their relationship was indecent.

• Kanzaki Rin returned to the city, brushed off Aoki Yusuke, and drove to Fang Cheng’s apartment with pig’s blood.
• Asaka Akie answered the door and was startled when Kanzaki Rin used a key to enter.
• Kanzaki Rin told Asaka Akie they were ordinary partners and asked her to wake Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng hurried out of bed and called Kanzaki Rin “Mom.”
• Asaka Akie dropped a glass and, egged on by Ye Yuqing, mistook their relationship for something sordid.

Kanzaki Rin returned from special training and found Asaka Akie living with Fang Cheng, prompting Ye Yuqing to suspect an affair between them. The chapter ended with Ye Yuqing and Kanzaki Rin preparing to fight while Fang Cheng watched from the living room.

• Kanzaki Rin returned that morning and found Asaka Akie at Fang Cheng's home, then clarified that she and Fang Cheng were business partners.
• Fang Cheng made breakfast for the three of them and asked Kanzaki Rin about her special training.
• Ye Yuqing took control of Asaka Akie's body, demanded to know what was going on between Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin, and learned from Fang Cheng that Ye Yuqing was Asaka's second personality.
• Ye Yuqing accused Kanzaki Rin of being involved with Fang Cheng because she had a key and slippers at his home, then threatened to beat her up.
• Fang Cheng left the kitchen to avoid getting involved, and Ye Yuqing and Kanzaki Rin rolled up their sleeves and prepared to fight.

Fang Cheng watched Kanzaki Rin defeat Ye Yuqing, who had challenged her over her supposed relationship with him. After Ye Yuqing logged out and Asaka Akie apologized, Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin about the events of the past three months as they drove to the Training Ground, while Akie’s feelings for him became clear.

• Fang Cheng commentated on Kanzaki Rin pinning Ye Yuqing in their fight and filmed the match instead of intervening.
• Kanzaki Rin made Ye Yuqing apologize before letting her go, and Ye Yuqing logged out so Asaka Akie could regain control.
• Asaka Akie apologized to Kanzaki Rin and realized that Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng were not romantically involved.
• Fang Cheng invited Kanzaki Rin to the Training Ground and began explaining how he had rescued Asaka Akie and the Sato Siblings from cultists.
• Kanzaki Rin noticed Asaka Akie gazing at Fang Cheng with intense emotion and wondered whether he might someday rescue her in the same way.

After Kanzaki Rin returned from special training, Fang Cheng tested her enhanced abilities and learned that her intermediate enhancement had shortened her life expectancy. Kanzaki Rin joined the Countermeasure Department’s Patrol Department, while she and Fang Cheng planned to keep working together; the chapter ended with Asaka Akie’s sudden scream.

• Fang Cheng sparred with Kanzaki Rin and won only after she demonstrated greatly improved physical and combat abilities.
• Takeda Masumi explained that Kanzaki Rin’s intermediate enhancement meant she would likely live only until sixty, but Kanzaki Rin said she had to undergo it.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin that Sato Hayato had chosen to keep his newly awakened ability secret from the Countermeasure Department, and Kanzaki Rin offered to fund Fang Cheng’s Life Extension Society.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng she had become a full member of the Countermeasure Department and joined its Patrol Department, where she could continue investigating monsters with him.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin exchanged files detailing their abilities, but Fang Cheng teased her about her measurements, prompting her to log off.
• Fang Cheng sent Kanzaki Rin another file, then heard Asaka Akie shriek from outside.

Tsukikage Hatsuka visited Fang Cheng to apologize because she had failed to find his stolen motorcycle, and he negotiated three free information purchases as compensation. She explained that the motorcycle had repeatedly been stolen from one thief by another, and after two months she had lost track of it.

• Tsukikage Hatsuka arrived at Fang Cheng's home and apologized on behalf of the Landlady for failing to find his motorcycle.
• Fang Cheng theatrically mourned the motorcycle and bargained with Tsukikage Hatsuka until she offered three free information purchases.
• Asaka Akie served Tsukikage Hatsuka tea while Ye Yuqing struggled to take control so she could pet the cat.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka explained that the motorcycle had been stolen repeatedly, sometimes within minutes, and that she had searched for two months without finding it.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka said she had come to apologize and offer compensation because the theft could damage the establishment's reputation.

Fang Cheng won Tsukikage Hatsuka over with food, catnip, and a game, gaining information about the Tsukikage Family and Tokyo’s Monsters. After Hatsuka left, Asaka Akie grew anxious about her undefined relationship with Fang Cheng and considered making a move, while Ye Yuqing angrily objected in her mind.

• Tsukikage Hatsuka transformed into a fat cat, but Fang Cheng tempted her to stay with fried chicken, dried fish, catnip, cola, and a game.
• As Tsukikage Hatsuka ate and played with Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing, she complained about the Landlady restricting her food and exercise.
• Fang Cheng learned that Tsukikage Hoshi led the Tsukikage Family, a known Monster group whose connections helped her sell information about the Fourth Layer.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka left after arranging to visit again, and Fang Cheng told Asaka Akie he wanted to maintain a good relationship with her for information.
• Asaka Akie worried that Kanzaki Rin might become Fang Cheng’s romantic interest and considered approaching him, while Ye Yuqing scolded her in their shared mind.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin prepared for an operation against a dangerous Charm-Spotted Spider, while Kanzaki arranged official Countermeasure Department status and training support for Fang Cheng’s team. They set out for the monster’s last known location with Sato Hayato accompanying them and Sato Mai providing remote support.

• Kanzaki Rin gave Fang Cheng and Sato Hayato the operation files and agreed to arrange training courses for Fang Cheng’s team.
• Kanzaki Rin told them their applications had been approved, making them auxiliary personnel for the Countermeasure Department.
• Fang Cheng read that their target, the B-rank Charm-Spotted Spider, was a shapeshifting monster suspected of working as a server at a bar.
• Kanzaki Rin explained the monster danger ratings, including the threat posed by the Blood Queen, Isis.
• Fang Cheng estimated his own strength at above B-rank but below A-rank, while Sato Hayato figured he was only DD.
• Kanzaki Rin drove toward the operation as Sato Mai followed overhead with a drone and prepared to provide remote support under Izumi’s direction.

Fang Cheng, Sato Hayato, and Kanzaki Rin searched a Shinjuku bar for the Monster Charm-Spotted Spider, but Sato Hayato was lured upstairs by the disguised monster. Fang Cheng found the private room and shot Charm-Spotted Spider after it tried to seduce him.

• Fang Cheng, Sato Hayato, and Kanzaki Rin split up to search the bar for their target.
• A woman lured Sato Hayato onto the dance floor and then into an upstairs private room, where she kissed him and undressed with him.
• Sato Hayato realized the woman was the cross-dressing Monster Charm-Spotted Spider when it spoke in a man's voice, but he was too weak to resist or call for help.
• Charm-Spotted Spider gagged Sato Hayato and opened the door when Fang Cheng came looking for him.
• Charm-Spotted Spider tried to seduce Fang Cheng and reached for his hidden pistol, so Fang Cheng shot it several times.

Fang Cheng pursued Charm-Spotted Spider through a bar, across the city’s high-rises, and into a sewer while Kanzaki Rin and the others tried to support him. The two fighters tangled their blood threads and spider silk in the sewer as Fang Cheng pulled Charm-Spotted Spider toward him.

• Fang Cheng shot Charm-Spotted Spider and blocked his claw attack with a blood bracer before pursuing him with Blood Threads.
• Fang Cheng drove Charm-Spotted Spider through a second-floor window, and both used their threads to swing between buildings while joking about looking like Spider-Man.
• Kanzaki Rin treated Sato Hayato for Charm-Spotted Spider’s poison and jumped out to pursue the fighters.
• Sato Mai reported that a drone had locked onto Charm-Spotted Spider, but Fang Cheng stopped Ye Yuqing from firing at him.
• Charm-Spotted Spider escaped into a manhole, and Fang Cheng sealed his nose and mouth with blood before following him into the sewer.
• Fang Cheng and Charm-Spotted Spider attacked each other with Blood Threads and spider silk, and Fang Cheng yanked Charm-Spotted Spider toward him.

Fang Cheng pursued Charm-Spotted Spider from the sewer to his secret hideout and ambushed him there. After Fang Cheng revealed he was working for money and demanded five million, Charm-Spotted Spider realized he was stalling.

• Charm-Spotted Spider escaped Fang Cheng in the sewer, then shook off any pursuers before returning to his hidden home.
• Fang Cheng emerged from Charm-Spotted Spider's shadow and attacked him, but their clash left neither defeated.
• Fang Cheng noticed Charm-Spotted Spider's unusual body and let him mistake him for a Vampire.
• Charm-Spotted Spider tried to recruit Fang Cheng, but Fang Cheng said he worked for whoever paid more.
• Fang Cheng demanded five million, and Charm-Spotted Spider recognized that he was stalling for time.

Fang Cheng fought the Charm-Spotted Spider after it trapped him in its silk-filled home. He immobilized the giant Spider with Blood Threads, but its armored body resisted being cut.

• The Charm-Spotted Spider mistook Fang Cheng’s offer to make a deal for a delaying tactic and transformed its home into a silk trap.
• Fang Cheng flooded the house with blood, but the Charm-Spotted Spider revealed its giant Spider form and shattered his hardened-blood shield with its legs.
• Fang Cheng shaped his blood into a giant Vajra Pestle and smashed the Charm-Spotted Spider through the wall and onto the road.
• Fang Cheng pursued the Spider with a giant blood hammer, but it dodged and sprayed White Turbid Spray to counter his blood.
• Fang Cheng used Blood of Madness and Short-Range Dash to bind the Spider in Blood Threads, but its thick armor prevented the threads from cutting through it.

Fang Cheng killed Charm-Spotted Spider, gained new abilities, and looted a residence before Countermeasure Department agents arrived. As he tried to explain that he was on their side, someone among them shot at his head.

• Fang Cheng pinned Charm-Spotted Spider with the Giant Que Sword and killed it.
• Fang Cheng absorbed the spider’s energy, gained two lives and several abilities, and fused Spider Sense with Pre-warning into Heart Sense.
• Fang Cheng searched the residence and collected bank cards, cash, and jewelry.
• Maeda Kenichi, Kujo Go, and two other Countermeasure Department members arrived and aimed their weapons at Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng raised his hands and said they were on the same side, but someone fired a bullet at his head.

Fang Cheng survived an attack by armed drones after Kujo Go opened fire under Aoki Yusuke’s influence, then destroyed the drones and charged toward the Countermeasure Department team. The chapter ended with Tozo Taishi and Maeda Kenichi opening fire on him as the bullets bounced off his Blood Battle Suit.

• Fang Cheng used Heart Sense to evade Kujo Go’s first shot, but Kujo and the armed drones then fired on him.
• Fang Cheng fled behind the Spider’s corpse as the drones dropped cluster bombs, and Maeda Kenichi blamed Kujo for the attack.
• Aoki Yusuke secretly admitted to himself that he had influenced Kujo and hoped the bombardment would kill Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng used Blood Threads to drag down three drones, then burst from the burning wreckage and charged at the team.
• Tozo Taishi and Maeda Kenichi ordered Fang Cheng to stop and opened fire, but his Blood Battle Suit deflected the bullets.

Fang Cheng fought off four Countermeasure Department members who attacked him, then confronted them with Kanzaki Rin after she arrived. As the dispute threatened to escalate, Fang Cheng pretended to have a head injury and asked Kanzaki Rin to take him to the hospital.

• Tozo Taishi, Maeda Kenichi, Aoki Yusuke, and Kujo Go attacked Fang Cheng, but he used his abilities to dodge their weapons and overpower them.
• Fang Cheng broke both arms of Tozo Taishi, Maeda Kenichi, Kujo Go, and Aoki Yusuke, while leaving them alive.
• Kanzaki Rin arrived with Sato Hayato and demanded that Maeda Kenichi and Tozo Taishi explain why they had fired on Fang Cheng.
• Kanzaki Rin and Tozo Taishi argued over who was responsible, while Aoki Yusuke complained that Fang Cheng had injured them.
• When Fang Cheng threatened Tozo Taishi, he suddenly clutched Kanzaki Rin and pretended that his head hurt so she would take him to the hospital.

Fang Cheng used a shameless injury act to pressure Maeda Kenichi and the others into admitting fault and apologizing for the armed drone attack. After they bowed and Kujo Go knelt, Fang Cheng mocked them again, leaving Kanzaki Rin to pinch him for not letting the matter go.

• Fang Cheng pretended to be injured and leaned against Kanzaki Rin while taunting Aoki Yusuke.
• Kanzaki Rin threatened to call the Inspectorate Department if Maeda Kenichi and Tozo Taishi continued disputing responsibility.
• Maeda Kenichi explained that Kujo Go and Aoki Yusuke had fired shots, triggering the armed drones, then apologized to Fang Cheng.
• Maeda Kenichi ordered Tozo Taishi and Aoki Yusuke to bow, and forced Kujo Go to kneel and apologize.
• Fang Cheng mocked their apologies, and Kanzaki Rin pinched him to make him stop.

Fang Cheng accused Aoki Yusuke of using hypnosis to make Kujo Go shoot him, then beat Aoki while insisting his suspicion was reasonable. After leaving the Countermeasure Department members behind, Fang told Kanzaki Rin that something was wrong with Aoki, and she asked what he had noticed.

• Fang Cheng forgave Kujo Go, then punched Aoki Yusuke and accused him of hypnotizing Kujo into firing.
• Aoki denied the accusation and argued that Fang had no evidence, while Maeda Kenichi promised an investigation and offered medical treatment.
• Fang left with Kanzaki Rin and Sato Hayato, joking with Kanzaki as Aoki watched them go.
• Tozo Taishi called for backup, but he, Maeda Kenichi, and Kujo Go kept their distance from Aoki.
• In the car, Fang told Kanzaki that Aoki seemed suspicious and asked whether Aoki attended their school; Kanzaki wondered why Fang had only just realized it.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin identified Aoki Yusuke as the likely hypnotist who had targeted Fang Cheng, but Kanzaki urged him to postpone revenge. At home, Aoki learned that the government and the Yuguang Family planned to sign a peace treaty, and he began plotting with Hiya Kyohei to destroy it.

• Kanzaki Rin explained that Aoki Yusuke may have used his psychic ability to make colleagues overlook him and may have anonymously reported Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng considered confronting Aoki Yusuke, but Kanzaki Rin warned that the Aoki family's influence and increased Countermeasure Department security made acting now too dangerous.
• Aoki Yusuke returned home, where his family had gone on high alert and Hiya Kyohei was hiding while growing harder to control.
• Aoki Tsuna told Aoki Yusuke that the government and the Yuguang Family would sign a peace treaty, which could cost the Aoki family its power.
• Aoki Tsuna urged Aoki Yusuke to abandon his pursuit of Kanzaki Rin and help the family, while Aoki Yusuke remained heartbroken over her.
• Hiya Kyohei demanded that Aoki Yusuke help him kill Fang Cheng, and Aoki promised an opportunity tied to the plan to destroy the treaty.

Fang Cheng confronted Tsukikage Hatsuka at the Fox Immortal House and discovered she had pocketed money from the Holy Grail sale and stopped searching for his motorcycle. Tsukikage Hoshi arrived and initially mistook the scene for an attack, then caught Hatsuka in her true form and questioned her weight and secret food stealing.

• Fang Cheng visited the Fox Immortal House and confronted Tsukikage Hatsuka for hiding its identity from him.
• Fang Cheng discovered that Tsukikage Hatsuka had pocketed a hundred thousand from the Holy Grail sale and admitted she had stopped looking for his motorcycle.
• Fang Cheng pinned Tsukikage Hatsuka down and threatened to punish her, prompting Tsukikage Hoshi to enter and unleash her aura.
• Tsukikage Hoshi mistook Fang Cheng’s actions for an attack on her cat, but Fang Cheng explained that Hatsuka had cheated him.
• Tsukikage Hoshi lifted Hatsuka by the scruff and asked why she had grown fat again, while Fang Cheng and Hatsuka fell silent.

Fang Cheng visited Tsukikage Hoshi at Fox Immortal House, where she tested her Charm on him and offered him membership in exchange for joining the Tsukikage Family and accepting a Loyalty Brand. He refused the condition, but Tsukikage Hoshi agreed to let him briefly see where she worked.

• Fang Cheng visited Tsukikage Hoshi's cottage and ate the strawberry cakes while Tsukikage Hatsuka ran on a locked treadmill.
• Tsukikage Hoshi noticed Fang Cheng seemed immune to her Charm and could not read the images in his mind, so she tried to seduce him for information.
• Fang Cheng mistook Tsukikage Hoshi's seductive swaying for a sign of hemorrhoids and offered her Mayinglong, angering her.
• Tsukikage Hoshi read Fang Cheng's recommendation letter and said he could join Fox Immortal House if he joined the Tsukikage Family and accepted a Loyalty Brand.
• Fang Cheng refused to accept the brand, then asked to see where Tsukikage Hoshi worked, and she agreed to let him look briefly.

Fang Cheng toured Fox Immortal House’s corpse-processing plant after questioning Tsukikage Hoshi and learned that the business sold monster corpses to the government. He discovered that humans also sold human corpses to monsters, leaving him amazed at how profit connected both sides.

• Fang Cheng asked Tsukikage Hoshi whether monsters could get hemorrhoids, and she threatened him after her teacup cracked in her grip.
• Tsukikage Hoshi suspected someone had sent Fang Cheng to test Fox Immortal House, while Fang Cheng decided to be more cautious about trusting her.
• Fang Cheng asked Tsukikage Nana to touch her tail, stroked it too long, and apologized to the fox she transformed into with milk candy.
• Tsukikage Nana led Fang Cheng through the corpse-processing plant, where Tsukikage Jun explained that Fox Immortal House sold collected monster corpses to the government.
• Tsukikage Jun told Fang Cheng that some humans collected human corpses and sold them to monsters for profit.

Fang Cheng discovered that fresh Monster corpses at Fox Immortal House’s factory could yield fragments, then traded his three information inquiries for permission to observe there daily. He left with an extra life and a Leatherworking Fragment, planning to keep harvesting fragments at the factory.

• Fang Cheng learned that the factory workers were female Possession-type Monsters and asked Tsukikage Jun to let him try the assembly line.
• Fang Cheng touched Monster corpses until he received an energy notification, then discovered that only recently dead corpses yielded fragments.
• Fang Cheng told Tsukikage Jun he was studying corpses to accomplish a great feat by making Monsters of different kinds able to have children together.
• Fang Cheng asked to trade an information inquiry for daily access to the factory, and the Landlady required all three inquiries in exchange.
• Fang Cheng stayed at the factory until nightfall, collecting three Life Fragments and one Leatherworking Fragment, which gave him an extra life and Leatherworking proficiency.